Future of awake cardiac surgery

Murali Chakravarthy

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2013.03.005

Future of awake cardiac surgery

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2014 Jun;28(3):771-7. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.03.005. Epub 2013 Sep 7.

Author

Murali Chakravarthy¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Relief, Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore, Karnataka 560075, India. Electronic address: mailchakravarthy@gmail.com.

PMID: 24016685
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.03.005

No abstract available

Keywords: awake; cardiac surgery; cardiopulmonary bypass; conscious; off pump coronary artery bypass surgery; thoracic epidural anesthesia; unintubated.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anesthesia, Epidural
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / trends*
Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump
Humans
Thoracic Surgery / trends*
Wakefulness*